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Airport security can be nerve-wracking, especially if you’re put through additional screening such as pat-downs. If you’re worried that you may have packed something sharp or exceeding liquid limits by accident, you don’t need to worry too much. While TSA agents may try to hold you until police arrive, they operate on consent — whether implied or expressed — which means that passengers are free to leave the airport entirely if security doesn’t allow them through the checkpoint.